St Vincent & the Grenadines
At the end of the bay, overlooking a wide stretch of sand, Mangrove is a fun open-air restaurant serving a small menu of local dishes and pasta. The…
Must-see restaurants in Caribbean
Puerto Plata
At the northern end of the Malecón and under new ownership, Casa Mia attracts locals and tourists alike. The menu includes standard Dominican fare such as…
Las Tunas
Las Tunas' substitute Coppelia, the state-run ice cream chain; queue for sundaes or tres gracias (three scoops) in flavors such as coconut and café con…
Bequia
Beneath the mall across from the dock, this little bakery and grocery shop serves up a selection of decent pastries and coffee. Take a seat among the…
Trinidad
Mini shopping center that includes a variety of shops for most of your immediate needs including Trinidad's best (and most expensive) grocery store. Head…
Cuadro Gastronómica de Luz Vázquez
Bayamo
Along this short lane are parked at least a dozen clean-looking food carts selling bayamés street snacks (pay in Cuban pesos). Bank on hot dogs,…
Santiago de Cuba
The main market, two blocks west of Parque Céspedes, seems small considering the size of the city, but sells all the produce, meats and viandas (starches)…
Granma Province
A traditional thatched-roof restaurant selling fairly basic comida criolla (Creole cooking) just before the park gates. It'll do the trick if you're…
North Coast
This modern, cafeteria-style place qualifies as fine dining in Dajabón, primarily because it's one of the few eating options with electricity at night…
Puerto Plata
You’ll find meat and vegetables, and pushy salesmen selling tourist knickknacks in what looks like an enormous, crown-shaped, reinforced-concrete gas…
Kingston
Food court in the Sovereign Centre mall, where you can pick up anything from a bowl of curried goat to a burger or pasty, and eat at plastic mall tables…
Cabarete
Despite zero frills and all-concrete decor, this place is popular with expats and Dominicans for its cheap Cantonese dishes; the egg rolls are more like…
Puerto Plata
This Puerto Plata old-timer is popular with tourists and locals on weekends for live music and karaoke. The food is a combination of international and…
St Lucia
Serves passable Indian curries including many vegetarian options on an attractive open-air deck. If you want to keep down the bill watch out for the EC$19…
Waterfront De Belle View Restaurant & Bar
St Lucia
Blink and you’ll miss the tiny entrance of this little 2nd-floor den across from the waterfront. It whips up decent Caribbean staples in a tiny kitchen.
Bridgetown
At the east end of Swan St. Has a limited selection of fresh produce with a focus on fruit downstairs and some fashion outlets on the 1st floor.
Sancti Spíritus
This centrally located agropecuario (free-enterprise vegetable market) is just off the main shopping boulevard. Shop as the Cubans do.
Trinidad
This bakery and cake shop retains a busy street-corner atmosphere, cleanish toilets and a couple of internet terminals (CUC$3 for 20 minutes).
Santiago de Cuba
One of the better-stocked supermarkets in town, with a great ice cream selection. It's just beyond the northeastern corner of Plaza de Marte.
Santo Domingo
In Gazcue, La Cadena is within walking distance of hotels in the neighborhood and carries produce, meats and everything you should need.
Habana del Este
Tienda Villa Los Pinos is a small grocery store for self-caterers at the Villa Los Pinos hotel.
Bequia
The biggest supermarket on the island has all your staples and sells power adapters and other useful bits in the hardware department.
Habana del Este
This small grocery store is opposite the Hotel Marazul near Playa Santa María del Mar.
Anguilla
Has a small, rotating range of supermarket items. Although it's often poorly stocked, it's the best supermarket in the Valley.
Península de Pedernales
Stock up on rations for travels further south, as well as skintight clothing items from Jacobo's new shop across the street.
Santo Domingo
The largest grocery store in the Zona Colonial – this is the place to load up on cheap water, soda, alcohol and juice.
North Coast
An open-air concrete pavilion with Dominican fare and pizzas (RD$300) served in a fanless, open-air concrete pavilion.
Puerto Plata
A giant grocery store in Puerto Plata that also contains fast-food restaurants, a pharmacy, laundry machines and ATMs.
Habana Vieja
Vieja's modest local farmers market. Come and see where your casa-particular owner bought this morning's breakfast.
Barbados
The biggest supermarket in the area has everything for self-caterers, including a good range of imported products.
Grenada Island
A well-stocked and well-maintained grocery store; has an ample selection of local favorites and imported goodies.
Holguín
Relatively well-stocked Cuban department store and supermarket with a bakery section on Parque Calixto García.
Santo Domingo
An enormous megastore occupying several city blocks located at one of the busiest intersections in the city.
Ciego de Ávila Province
Sells basic groceries in one of Ciego's grandest fin-de-siècle buildings. Inside it's a lot less grand.
Sosúa
On the main highway, offering a good selection of local produce and imported, hard-to-find delicacies.
Vedado
A 'capped' market with cheap prices but a limited selection of produce (fruit and veg mainly).
Trinidad
This store has a decent selection of groceries and a resident hawker outside plying cigars.
Carriacou
The biggest and best stocked supermarket on the island is across from the Tyrell Bay port.
Guantánamo Province
Right on the beach, this open-sided snack bar is good for cheese sandwiches, beer and rum.
